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Material Landscape

Raw, cool designs featuring pure Tin; a heritage material with timeless, classic appeal. Artisan craftsmanship and modern, fresh thinking bring together the mineral qualities of Copper, Mica, Iron, Pyrite, Tourmaline, Silver and Tin,  in a palette of earthy  tones.  My “Material Landscape Jewels” feature mineral and metal layers, encapsulated compositions of the undulating, scarred mining landscape which inspired them; the beautiful borderlands of the Tamar Valley.  Achieved using my own methodology, the processes which were applied to the landscape - once the largest copper, tin and arsenic mine site in the world - have instead been applied to the production of each "Jewel" and each "TinScruff".

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spirit of
​dartmoor tin.

After many years of varied work in Dartmoor Tin for this one customer, I have selected just a few of my favourite pieces to show here.  They can be seen, along with the work of many others, in the 3-volume fine art publication Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin which the customer co-produced and authored, commissioning many works by a variety of craftspeople to be shown in conjunction with their own photography, research and documentation of their journey of discovery. You can purchase the publication and find out more about the project  here.​  Also, you can go to Tavistock Subscription Library in West Devon, where they hold a copy of their own, and request to sit down and view the publication in person.


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ENAMEL WORK

Abraded, gnarled, subdued colours. Vitreous enamel on copper, with silver. Metallic glazes, peeling imagery and tactile surfaces pay homage to the mining Heritage Landscape of the Tamar Valley and Dartmoor area where I find my inspirations.


tins re-purposed

Handmade, metalworked jewellery, automata, pens and objects, featuring re-purposed steel; lithographed tins that are vintage or new. Reformed into 'cabochon' shapes, the tins have been sawn out and mounted in constructed settings of silver, copper, brass or steel, the fragments of graphics selected from the tins are always the key inspiration in how the designs take their shape. One of-a-kind & limited edition pieces that are colourful, well-made and fun.



Flux  play

Flux: substance mixed with metal to achieve fusion, state of change. Play: free play, experimentation, movement.

Narrative jewellery, wearable automaton, tactile pieces, commissions, humour, detail, special pieces, one-offs, mixed media, found object encapsulation, sea glass jewellery.....Enquiring experiments, anything goes.


AUTOMATON / KINETIC
Pencil Pendant automaton. A miniature drawing machine in red and yellow. Featuring a fragment of old pencil tin.

High Seas. Clank, clank, clank, clank, a storm surge is building....see the FLUXPLAY collection for a static image of this piece.

Spring Lamb. I didn't believe that they leapt about the fields like that until I saw it with my own eyes one warm Spring day. see the FLUXPLAY collection for a static image of this piece.

Tea Caddy Mutoscope. Click on the Research Tab at the top of this page, to find static images of the Tea Caddy Mutoscope.

My Beating Heart. Fluttering gently, sometimes it gets stuck...see the FLUXPLAY collection for a static image of this piece.

Bagatelle Ring. A game to wear on your finger, pre-smartphone era.